Bottle



W H. PA'R SUNS.

BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.9, I922.

Patented Deg." 12, 1922 W E Pam 6:32,:

' ATTORNEY Fill WITNESS:

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WILLIAM HENRY PARSONS, 0F GRIS TOBAL, CANAL ZONE.

BOTTLE- Application filed January 9, 1922. Seria1 No. 528,048.

To all whom it may concern. 1

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HENRY PAR- SONS, a citizen of Manchester,England, residing at Cristobal, Canal Zone, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Bottles, of which the following is a specitication.

My present invention has reference to a non-refillable bottle.

My object is to produce a bottle of this character in which the contentscan be readily poured therefrom and in which an ,attempt at refillingthe bottle will be prevented by the seating of a valve in the neck of abottle. l

A further object is to produce a non-refillable bottle having its neckportion provided with a chamber that terms a seat for a spherical valveand which has interior threads above the valve seat that are normallyengaged by threads on a plug me1n her, the said plug having groovesbetween the threads thereof to provide passages which communicate withthe valve seat, the

head of the plug being of a size approximately equalling the inner crosssectional diameter of the neck is notched, the said notches beingarranged out of: alignment with the grooves in the plug. These notchesin addition to providing outlet passages for the fluid serve as a meanswhereby the plug may be engaged by a particular and peculiarly shapedwrench so that the plug can be removed should it be desired to againreill the bottle,-or the plug may be properly positioned after thebottle is filled, the said plug being normally covered by the ordinarycork for the bottle.

The drawing. which accompanies and which forms part oi thisspecification, illustrates a satis'hictory embodiment of the improvementreduced to practice, and wherein Figure l. is an approximately centralvertical longitudinal sectional view through a non-refillable bottle inaccordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 ot Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a 3-3 of Figure 1. p c

Figure 4t is asectional view on the line l-l of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the plug.

sectional view on the line Figure 6 is a similar view or the wrenchwhich is employed in seating the plug.

The body 1 of the bottle is of the ordinary construction,;.,as is theneck 2, for the major portion of its length. "The neck, however, at itsjuncture with the body 1 is bulged outwardly providing therein aglobular chamber 3 whose lower walls are rounded,as at l to theirjuncture with the body proper. The

chamber 3 provides a cage for a ball valve 5. The valve is preferably inthe nature of a glass sphere, but may be constructed of other weightedand non-corrosive material. The spherical valve 5 when received on therounded wall 4: ellectively closes the passage between the bottle andthe neckthereol, and the rounded inner walls or the cage 3 will directthe said sphere to its seat.

Above the portion 3, the neck is thickened to provide thesame withinterior threads 6, and these threads are engaged by exterior threads 7on a plug 8. The threads 7, at predetermined intervals are mutilated bybeing grooved longitudinally of the plug, as at 9,

. and the portions 9 serve as passages for the outflowing liquid. Theplug has its outer end provided with a head 10, and the said head is ofa cross sectional diameter only slightly less than the area of theportion of the neck in which it is seated. The head 10 has peripheralnotches 11, the said notches being arranged out of alignment with thegrooves 9. The neck is normally closed by an ordinary cork or stopper12.

In arranging the stopper in the neck, I employ a wrench. which isindicated by the numeral 13. This wrench has its shank 14. of a lengthsuflicient to permit of its head 15 being received in the neck of: thebottle to engage with the head oi the plug and its handle portion 1'7being arranged ekteriorly oi" the bottle to permit of the free operationof the wrench. The head 15 is provided with depending prongs l8,corresponding in number with the notches ll in the head il of the plug.It will be apparent that by turning the wrench, the plug will be likewise turned and screwedhoine in the threaded portion of the neck of thebottle. When it is desired that the bottle be refilled by the ownerthereof the plug is screwed in the neck of the bottle without theapplica-' tion or" an adhesive to the threaded portion thereof, but whenit is desirable that the plug remain permanently fixed in the bottleneck, the threaded portion thereof is treated with a cement or similaradhesive agent.

The inner end of the plug is disposed only a slight distance above thesphericalvalve 5, and limits the movement of the valve in its cage 3.The valve, when the bottle is tilted will travel on the rounded wall ofits cage to unseated position, permitting the liquid to flow out of thebottleneck, but when the 1 will fully set forth the simplicity andadvantages of the improvement.

Having described the invention, I claim A bottle having its neck formedwith a.

spherical compartment at its juncture with the body of the bottle andthe walls between the said'compartment and the body being rounded, aspherical valve in the compart- 'ment normally seated on the roundedlower wall thereof, said neck having interior threads above thecompartment, a plug having exterior threads screwed in the neck, saidplug having its threaded portion grooved and its outer end headed, andthe said head having peripheral notches disposed out of alignment withthe grooves in theplug, all as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM HENRY PARSONS.

